----------------------------Original message---------------------------- John, I'd recommend the DeLorme topo atlas series. they're good, cheap, user-friendly, portable. LC ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'm a map librarian new to the profession and have a question about the availabilty of maps in electronic form, specifically USGS maps. It's been proposed at our library that we "deselect" all USGS maps except Tennessee and surrounding states. I would like to know if the USGS has any graphical map data on CD-ROM that could be used by the public (read: is it user friendly!). I am familiar with the Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ) Data CD-ROMs, but have not found them to be very easy to use. Ideally, I am looking for something that can be made available for public use. For instance, if someone comes in the library looking for a map of Wapello County in Iowa, I would like to be in the position to just pop a CD into the driver and have the map magically appear. Since there are so many different maps to be dealt with, I just wouldn't have the time to do much configuring for each CD-ROM to be used, as seems to be the case with the DOQ CDs. Is this a pipe dream? Any comments would be appreciated. Thank you. ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v John Noel Head, Government Publications, Maps, and Microforms Department Tennessee Technological University | Phone: (615)372-3841 University Library | Fax: (615)372-6112 Box 5066 | Email: [log in to unmask] Cookville, TN 38505 | [log in to unmask] ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v >-- Saved internet headers (useful for debugging) >Received: from sdsc.edu by mail.ucsd.edu; id HAA02885 sendmail 8.6.12/UCSD-2.2- >Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by sdsc.edu (8.6.11/4.21) id HAA23036; Thu, 29 F >Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP >Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMai >Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:21:39 EST >Reply-To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: John Noel <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: USGS Digital maps >To: Multiple recipients of list MAPS-L <[log in to unmask]>